Is it normal that i get these unwanted images in my head?

So often I get these unwanted thoughts and images in my head. For example when I watch TV I get these urges to throw something at my TV screen. I worry that I will actually do it and I can't stop thinking about it. This also happens in the car thinking of throwing my phone out the window. I fear I will actually do it and I keep my phone away from the window as far as possible. I also think about disturbing thoughts of killing my family or something like that and I hate it. I have much more example but I don't want to waste your time. I hate having these unwanted thoughts and images, I really don't enjoy them.

Is It Normal?
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  • They're called intrusive thoughts and they're normal. It's just a result of your brain addressing possibilities. For example, when standing on a ledge with another person it's extremely common to think, "If I just pushed them now they'd be fucked. Nothing they could do but fall to their death."

    It doesn't mean you actually want to. It means your brain is assessing potential dangers, even from you.

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  • Intrusive thoughts are quite normal, although they can be disturbing. Try not to get obsessed with them. You will be okay they are just thoughts. If you ever think you want to act on them, ask for help.

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  • It can be a form of OCD.

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  • It sounds like you have anger issues. I would suggest some counselling.

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  • Call of the Void!!! Where you have the urge to do something terrible that you probably wouldn't normally do. Like, I've had the urge to stick my hand in the fryer at work multiple times or drive into oncoming traffic just to know what it would feel like. Even darker the feeling of being taken. It's definitely normal just don't act upon it, that would be bad lol

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  • Sometimes its really good that impulse control exists. I think we all have had some impulses we really should not act on

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  • Maybe you need some danger. Have you considered hiring someone to hunt you down? Maybe you're just violently bored.

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  • I think your intrusive thought indicate a lot of pent up hostility. You might find someone to talk through them.

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  • They are intrusive thoughts, and are annoying and sometimes freaky, but normal!

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  • Do a Google search on something called intrusive thoughts.

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  • I have had those thoughts before and they disturb me. I would never act on it. But ill be cooking and think of myself stabbing my wife or my self and I think wtf. I dont consider it I just visualize it like its a movie. And the more I think about it the more I start doing it. So I try never to think about i

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